[PLUG] Desperate! Fedora 16 upgrade killed X

[Richard C. Steffens]

On 11/16/2011 06:41 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:24:38 -0800 (PST)
> Rich Shepard<rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>  dijo:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>
>>> The error message (echoed in /var/log/Xorg.o.log) is:
>>>
>>> 	Fatal server error: no screens found.
>> John,
>>
>>     Back up xorg.conf to a different name (I made mine /etc/X11/XXxorg.conf)
>> and log out and back in. The newer versions of xorg don't play well with the
>> conf file.
> I already did that. Same error. It can't find screens using the nouveau driver or the vesa driver either.
>
> I should have mentioned, the video is nVdia Quadro NVS 140M.

Does your system have an on board video device that could be used if the 
nVidia card was pulled? Just a trouble shooting idea to see if it will 
work. If it does than you can keep trying to figure out what's 
preventing the nVidia driver from working.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens